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Hagens, Berman, Sobol & Shapiro, L.L.P.

Reed Kathrein Spoke at EEI’s Annual SEC Enforcement Institute
Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro's Reed Kathrein recently spoke at the EEI's Annual SEC Enforcement Institute Conference in New York. His presentation focused on the options backdating scandal, SEC and private enforcement trends.

Kathrein will be delivering this same presentation in Chicago June 27-28, 2007.

05-22-2007

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Frost, Brown & Todd, L.L.C.

Frost Brown Todd Named “Best in Class” by BTI Consulting Group
Frost Brown Todd (“FBT”), one of the region’s largest law firms, has been named “Best in Class” in the BTI Power Rankings: The BTI Client Relationship Scorecard for Law Firms. The scorecard says that “FBT stands out for winning enthusiastic client recommendations -- a true sign of satisfied clients.” In 2006, BTI also named FBT as one of forty national “Market Movers” for introducing innovative changes into the legal marketplace.

BTI conducted individual interviews with 427 corporate counsel at large and Fortune 1000 companies with the goal of testing the underlying strength of law firm relationships and to gauge which law firms are best positioned to lead the market. Clients evaluated more than 350 law firms, rated on six critical dimensions that define client relationships. The only way to be named to the exclusive list of client recommended law firms is to be identified, unprompted, by clients in BTI's independent, objective research.

BTI Consulting Group is the leading provider of strategic market research to law and professional services firms. BTI’s professional staff, trained in business research, includes management consultants, analysts, and strategists who bring a business and management perspective to the markets it analyzes. BTI provides independent and unbiased advice and recommendations that drive its clients' success. Employee backgrounds include management consulting, financial analysis, quantitative reasoning, economic analysis, strategic planning, survey design and administration, and sales and marketing for professional services.

05-22-2007

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Gust Rosenfeld P.L.C.

Gust Rosenfeld Adds Experienced Environmental Attorney
Barbara Rodriguez-Pashkowski has joined Gust Rosenfeld PLC as a Member (Partner) in our environmental practice group. Her practice focuses on environmental law and compliance, including due diligence, air quality permitting, asbestos, underground storage tanks, state Superfund, litigation, legislation and environmental rule writing.

Prior to joining Gust Rosenfeld, Rodriguez-Pashkowski was Chief Counsel of the Arizona Attorney General’s Environmental Enforcement Section for Air, Game and Fish, Underground Storage Tanks and Agriculture. She represented the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ) in administrative hearings, litigation and litigation coordination, rule writing, legislation, the negotiation of complex environmental settlements, report preparation and training for its state Superfund, UST/SAF (Underground Storage Tank/State Assurance Fund) and air quality programs.

"Barbara is a welcome addition to our firm. Her environmental expertise and experience, especially in air quality matters, completes and strengthens our environmental practice group," said Tom Chauncey, Executive Committee Member.

05-22-2007

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Greenebaum Doll & McDonald PLLC

Harry D. Rankin appointed Chairman of the Merit Selection Panel for Reappointment of U.S. Magistrate Judge
Greenebaum Doll & McDonald PLLC has announced that Harry D. Rankin, a Member in the firm’s Covington office and veteran litigator, has been appointed Chairman of the Merit Selection Panel for Reappointment of U.S. Magistrate Judge at Covington.

The Panel will determine and recommend to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky whether or not the current Magistrate Judge should be reappointed.

Rankin is a member of the firm’s Litigation and Dispute Resolution Practice Group, and the White Collar Crime Team Chair. His practice focuses on civil and criminal litigation including commercial, personal injury/wrongful death, domestic, and criminal defense matters. He is a former Commonwealth's Attorney and is licensed to practice law in Kentucky and Ohio. Rankin is an original member of Greenebaum’s Greater Cincinnati office which was established in 1990.

Rankin received his undergraduate degree from Transylvania University and law degree from the University of Kentucky College of Law.

05-22-2007

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Flaster Greenberg

ATTORNEY MICHAEL P. SPIRO RECEIVES GRADUATE TAX FACULTY AWARD FROM TEMPLE LAW SCHOOL
Michael P.Spiro, an attorney at Flaster/Greenberg in its Cherry Hill office, recently received the 2007 Graduate Tax Faculty Award from Temple University Beasley School of Law. The award, granted annually to one graduating Master of Laws (LL.M.) Taxation student, recognized Spiro for his outstanding academic achievement while at Temple. Spiro received his LL.M. in Taxation this month.

Spiro is a member of the Estate Planning, Taxation, and Corporate practice groups and focuses his practice on providing advice in the areas of tax and business planning. He has written several articles for legal publications, such as The Tax Lawyer, New Jersey Law Journal and the New Jersey State Bar Association Tax Section Newsletter, and has given presentations on Asset Protection Planning for Physicians; Wealth Management through Charitable Giving, and on Using Tax Exempt Bonds for Development.

A resident of Philadelphia, Spiro is a member of the American, Pennsylvania, New Jersey State, Philadelphia, and Camden County bar associations. He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania Law School (J.D., 2004) and received a B.A. from Brandeis University in 2001. Spiro also holds a Certificate of Graduate Study in Business and Public Policy from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania (2004).

05-22-2007

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Briggs and Morgan, Professional Association

Premier Midwest Appellate Lawyer Moves Practice to Briggs
Eric J. Magnuson—a recognized leader in the appellate and trial bar, and appellate treatise author, editor and speaker—joins Briggs and Morgan, Professional Association, as a shareholder in the business litigation section.

“Eric’s knowledge and experience as appellate counsel is unparalleled in our state,“ says Alan Maclin, Briggs and Morgan president. “For Briggs to land the state’s preeminent appellate advocate is Apr-07 tremendous ‘win’ and we look forward to further growing our appellate practice under Eric’s strategic direction.”

Magnuson’s arrival at Briggs corresponds with the May 2007 closing of his previous firm, Minneapolis’ Rider Bennett, LLP. He is joined by one of his Rider partners, Diane B. Bratvold, whose appellate practice offers similar depth and accomplishment.

“Prior to joining Briggs and Morgan, I had long associated this firm with the strong abilities of its attorneys and their high level of professionalism,” says Magnuson. “This is an opportunity to offer an enhanced range of appellate consulting services, while also introducing new initiatives that will raise the profile of Briggs’ appellate practice. I look forward to expanding my collaborative appellate practice both within and outside the firm.”

Eric Magnuson, shareholder, has spent the last two and half decades practicing almost exclusively in appellate law, including consultation at both the trial and appellate levels. In his more than 30 years of experience, he has provided a full range of appellate consulting services, handling hundreds of appeals in a wide range of areas, including constitutional issues, employment law, trust and probate matters, trade secrets, business contracts, insurance law, land use, governmental law, and professional liability.

Magnuson has served as chair of the Commission on Judicial Selection since 2003, when Governor Tim Pawlenty first made the appointment. Among his other contributions, he is: fellow and past president of the American Academy of Appellate Lawyers; a board member of the Minnesota chapter of the Federal Bar Association; founding president of the 8th Circuit Bar Association; co-reporter to the Minnesota Supreme Court Appellate Rules Committee; and past co-chair of both the American Bar Association’s Appellate Practice Committee of the Section on Litigation and Appellate Advocacy Committee of the Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Section. Magnuson received his B.A. from the University of Minnesota and J.D. cum laude from William Mitchell College of Law.

Magnuson will be listed in the 2007 Annual Guide to Appellate Law in America. He also writes and edits federal and state appellate treatises, including serving as co-author of the 2007 edition of West Publishing’s Minnesota Practice: Appellate Rules Annotated, co-editor and contributing author for the third edition of Eighth Circuit Appellate Practice Manual, and co-editor of Matthew Bender’s The Art of Advocacy: Appeals.

05-22-2007

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Winthrop & Weinstine, P.A.

Clayton W. Chan, Associate, Named "2007 Up & Coming Attorney" by Minnesota Lawyer
Winthrop & Weinstine is pleased to announce that Clayton W. Chan has been selected by Minnesota Lawyer as a 2007 Up & Coming Attorney. Clayton is an associate attorney in the Estate Planning and Business Succession practice group and was among 20 attorneys who were selected based upon significant records of accomplishment during their first decade of practice. Selections were based on a variety of criteria, including professional achievement, leadership and service to the profession. Last year, another firm associate, Tammera R. Diehm, was selected.

Clayton joined Winthrop & Weinstine in 2004, and his practice is focused mostly on helping clients reduce their estate, gift and generation-skipping taxes. He also works with clients in developing estate planning documents including wills, revocable trusts, gift trusts, powers of attorney and health care directives. He graduated from the University of Minnesota Law School, J.D., 2000, and from the University of Minnesota, B.S., 1997.

05-22-2007

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